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VTC Ventures
Venture capital
VTC Ventures is an early-stage investment firm backed by a strategic LP base and affiliated with Carilion Clinic and Virginia Tech. It makes initial investments of $200K-$1M, typically reserving 1-3x for follow-on, and provides portfolio companies access to clinical validation, research, and operational resources.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordshealthcaredeep techairoboticsfood and agriculturenational security
Your fit with VTC Ventures
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Or find every investor that fitsVTC Ventures lists 20 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 2 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (62%), Healthcare & Biotech (18%) and Education (6%). 90% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Middleland Capital, S2G Investments and Argonautic Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name VTC Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not VTC Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 2 companies; its own site lists 20. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 50% |
| Series A | 50% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 2 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 51th | 20 companies |
| Recent activity | 69th | 2 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 73th | 50% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 89th | 62% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 62% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 18% | 15% |
| Education | 6% | 7% |
| Space & Defense | 3% | 3% |
| Cybersecurity | 3% | 4% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 3% | 7% |
| Fintech | 3% | 12% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 3% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Middleland Capital | 9 |
| S2G Investments | 4 |
| Argonautic Ventures | 3 |
| iSelect Fund | 3 |
| Early Light Ventures | 2 |
| UVA Licensing & Ventures Group | 2 |
| Virginia Venture Partners | 2 |
| AV8 Ventures | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers20100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Middleland Capital
Compare VTC Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with VTC Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Nov 2026 | Series A | |
| 30 Jul 2026 | Seed |
Round details for VTC Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in VTC Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
20 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AeroFarms grows nutrient-dense microgreens for elevated flavor and a brighter future for all. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Agrivida produces enzymes inside a kernel of corn for use in animal diets | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Akara Robotics develops and provides an AI-powered platform to automate and optimize operating room operations in hospitals. | Healthcare & BiotechRobotics & Hardware | Nov 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| AquaSpy provides real-time nutrient, soil health, water, salinity, and temperature readings for crops through its UnderGround Weather platform | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Arable helps growers realize high-ROI water stewardship and enterprises achieve ambitious water goals. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Astranav provides a software-based location service that uses the Earth's magnetic field to deliver location data | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Atalan provides a platform for predicting and preventing clinician resignations in healthcare systems. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| BIOHM sells probiotic supplements and gut testing kits | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| BRAINBox Solutions develops a multi-modality approach to aid clinicians with diagnosis of mild traumatic brain injury and provide information regarding the likelihood of symptoms post injury. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| CytoRecovery sells products, including CytoBuffer, and features dielectrophoresis technology for sorting immune cells. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| EarthOptics combines advanced field sensors and lab analysis to deliver the most complete view of a soil's potential | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Farmer Focus works with local family farmers to produce and sell chicken products | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Groundwork BioAg produces mycorrhizal inoculants for agriculture and carbon dioxide removal | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| KlariVis provides a banking analytics platform to help banks access and utilize their data | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company delivers global GPS-RO weather data and AI insights to governments and businesses for forecast accuracy and confidence. | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Sedaro provides cloud-based digital engineering and simulation software for national security | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Sentera provides farmers with precise, plant-level insights using high-resolution imagery, AI, and advanced data science to inform on-farm decisions. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Tearsolutions develops a proprietary peptide therapy for the treatment of ocular surface related diseases. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Upstream Biotechnology develops next-generation seed traits, enabling more resilient crops. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Jul 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Veracity helps school districts govern every digital tool through a unified platform for transparency, accountability, compliance, and decision-making. | EducationEducation | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- vtcventures.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 30 Jul 2026
- Companies checked
- 20
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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